Weaponry Fund Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Amid growing EU control, Lithuania keeps semi-automatic guns with riflemen

November 6, 2017 BNS 0

As the European Union (EU) decided to step up control of some weapons in the wake of terrorist attacks, Lithuania intends to leave the right for members of the Riflemen’s Union and other volunteer troops introduced a year ago to keep their semi-automatic weapons. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is trying out the semi-automatic weapon M14L1

Lithuania called to explain over sale of valuable weapons donated by US

November 15, 2016 BNS EN 0

The United States Embassy has called for an explanation of how the semi-automatic weapons M14 used by US snipers and donated to Lithuania’s Armed Forces ended up in the hands of private individuals, delfi.lt news portal said. […]

Bad news from the Bank of Lithuania: here’s what they are forecasting

September 27, 2023 0

Several months have passed since the Bank of Lithuania’s last forecasts. The latest one, presented by the steward of the financial markets, shows both promising and not-so-good developments. The Bank of Lithuania projections that this […]

John F Tefft, at the conference. Photo by Jonas Petronis

Former US Ambassador Tefft: the war situation has further alienated the Russian government from the population

September 22, 2023 0

Former Ambassador John F. Tefft, visiting from the United States for Leonid Donsky’s 6th conference “Will Russia Survive 2024?”, says that Russia’s fate is difficult to predict and depends on the outcome of the war. […]

Investment in military-use technologies: trap or opportunity?

September 22, 2023 0

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, the national defence industry is becoming more relevant, and the possibilities of producing both dual-use and military-use-only equipment or providing military-related services in Lithuania are being discussed. […]